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Isaiah 7:7

For this reason the sovereign master, the Lord , says: "It will not take place; it will not happen.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Isaiah;   Pekah;   Rezin;   Scofield Reference Index - Christ;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ephraim, Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ahaz;   Pekah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ahaz;   Assyria;   Isaiah;   Syria;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Rezin;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Pekah;   Remaliah;   Rezin;   Shear Jashub;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Isaiah;   Shearjashub;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Alliance;   Aram, Aramaeans;   Damascus;   Immanuel;   Isaiah;   Isaiah, Book of;   Rezin;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Damascus;   Rezin ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Immanuel;   Pekah;   Rezin;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Remali'ah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - God, Names of;   Immanuel;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Assyria;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Damascus;   Pekah;   Rezin;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
This is what the Lord God says:
Hebrew Names Version
thus says the Lord GOD, "It shall not stand, neither shall it happen."
King James Version
Thus saith the Lord God , It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
English Standard Version
thus says the Lord God : "‘It shall not stand, and it shall not come to pass.
New American Standard Bible
this is what the Lord GOD says: "It shall not stand nor shall it come to pass.
New Century Version
But I, the Lord God , say, "‘Their plan will not succeed; it will not happen,
Amplified Bible
for this is what the Lord GOD says, "It shall not stand nor shall it happen.
World English Bible
thus says the Lord Yahweh, "It shall not stand, neither shall it happen."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thus sayth the Lorde God, It shall not stand, neither shall it be.
Legacy Standard Bible
thus says Lord Yahweh: "It shall not stand, nor shall it happen.
Berean Standard Bible
But this is what the Lord GOD says: "It will not arise; it will not happen.
Contemporary English Version
I, the Lord , promise that this will never happen.
Complete Jewish Bible
"‘This is what Adonai Elohim says: "It won't occur, it won't happen.
Darby Translation
thus saith the Lord Jehovah: It shall not stand, nor come to pass;
Easy-to-Read Version
But the Lord God says, "Their plan will not succeed. It will not happen
George Lamsa Translation
Thus says the LORD God: It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
Good News Translation
"But I, the Lord , declare that this will never happen.
Lexham English Bible
Thus says the Lord Yahweh, "It shall not stand, and it shall not come to pass.
Literal Translation
So says the Lord Jehovah, It shall not rise, nor shall it happen.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For thus saieth the LORDE God ther to, It shall not so go forth, nether come so to passe:
American Standard Version
thus saith the Lord Jehovah, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
Bible in Basic English
This is the word of the Lord God: This design will not come about or be effected.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
thus saith the Lord GOD: It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
King James Version (1611)
Thus saith the Lord God; It shall not stand, neither shall it come to passe.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thus saith the Lorde God thereto, It shal not so go foorth, neither so come to passe.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
thus saith the Lord of hosts, This counsel shall not abide, nor come to pass.
English Revised Version
thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord God seith these thingis, This schal not be, and it schal not stonde;
Update Bible Version
thus says the Lord Yahweh, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
New King James Version
thus says the Lord GOD: "It shall not stand, Nor shall it come to pass.
New Living Translation
But this is what the Sovereign Lord says: "This invasion will never happen; it will never take place;
New Life Bible
But the Lord God says, "This plan will not work. It will not happen.
New Revised Standard
therefore thus says the Lord God : It shall not stand, and it shall not come to pass.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, - It shall not stand Neither shall it come to pass!
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thus saith the Lord God: It shall not stand, and this shall not be.
Revised Standard Version
thus says the Lord GOD: It shall not stand, and it shall not come to pass.
Young's Literal Translation
Thus said the Lord Jehovah: It doth not stand, nor shall it be!
THE MESSAGE
But God , the Master, says, "It won't happen. Nothing will come of it Because the capital of Aram is Damascus and the king of Damascus is a mere man, Rezin. As for Ephraim, in sixty-five years it will be rubble, nothing left of it. The capital of Ephraim is Samaria, and the king of Samaria is the mere son of Remaliah. If you don't take your stand in faith, you won't have a leg to stand on."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
thus says the Lord GOD: "It shall not stand nor shall it come to pass.

Contextual Overview

1 During the reign of Ahaz son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel marched up to Jerusalem to do battle, but they were unable to prevail against it. 2 It was reported to the family of David, "Syria has allied with Ephraim." They and their people were emotionally shaken, just as the trees of the forest shake before the wind. 3 So the Lord told Isaiah, "Go out with your son Shear-jashub and meet Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth. 4 Tell him, ‘Make sure you stay calm! Don't be afraid! Don't be intimidated by these two stubs of smoking logs, or by the raging anger of Rezin, Syria, and the son of Remaliah. 5 Syria has plotted with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah to bring about your demise. 6 They say, "Let's attack Judah, terrorize it, and conquer it. Then we'll set up the son of Tabeel as its king." 7 For this reason the sovereign master, the Lord , says: "It will not take place; it will not happen. 8 For Syria's leader is Damascus, and the leader of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will no longer exist as a nation. 9 Ephraim's leader is Samaria, and Samaria's leader is the son of Remaliah. If your faith does not remain firm, then you will not remain secure."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Isaiah 8:10, Isaiah 10:6-12, Isaiah 37:29, Isaiah 46:10, Isaiah 46:11, Psalms 2:4-6, Psalms 33:11, Psalms 76:10, Proverbs 21:30, Lamentations 3:37, Daniel 4:35, Acts 4:25-28

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 12:16 - now see 2 Kings 11:2 - they hid him 2 Kings 17:3 - king of Assyria 2 Chronicles 13:8 - the kingdom 2 Chronicles 21:7 - Howbeit Psalms 21:11 - are not Psalms 83:3 - They Proverbs 19:21 - many Isaiah 9:8 - sent a word Isaiah 28:18 - your covenant

Cross-References

Genesis 6:18
but I will confirm my covenant with you. You will enter the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.
Genesis 7:1
The Lord said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you and all your household, for I consider you godly among this generation.
Genesis 7:13
On that very day Noah entered the ark, accompanied by his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, along with his wife and his sons' three wives.
Genesis 7:15
Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life came into the ark to Noah.
Proverbs 22:3
A shrewd person sees danger and hides himself, but the naive keep right on going and suffer for it.
Matthew 24:38
For in those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark.
Luke 17:27
People were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage—right up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
Hebrews 6:18
so that we who have found refuge in him may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie.
Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, when he was warned about things not yet seen, with reverent regard constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family. Through faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
1 Peter 3:20
after they were disobedient long ago when God patiently waited in the days of Noah as an ark was being constructed. In the ark a few, that is eight souls, were delivered through water.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus saith the Lord GOD, it shall not stand,.... That is, the counsel they had taken against Judah to vex it, make a breach in it, and set a king of their own liking over it; so the Septuagint and Arabic versions render the words, "that counsel shall not stand"; the counsel of God shall stand, but not the counsel of men, when it is against him, Proverbs 19:21:

neither shall it come to pass; or "shall not be"; so far from standing, succeeding, and going forward, till it is brought to a final accomplishment, it should not take footing, or have a being.


 
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